Division of Measurement Standards

Publications

The following forms and publications files are available in Portable Document Format (PDF).

CA Legislative Information Website - Business and Professions Code (BPC)
Division 5. Weights and Measures (12001-13800)

Chapter 1. General Provisions (12001-12027)
Chapter 2. Administration (12100-12246) REVISED 2022
Chapter 3. Standards of Weights and Measures (12300-12314)
Chapter 5. Weighing and Measuring Devices (12500-12519)
Chapter 5.5. Service Agencies for Weighing and Measuring Devices (12531-12544) REVISED 2022
Chapter 6. Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (12601-12615.5)
Chapter 6.5. Unit Pricing (12655-12656)
Chapter 7. Weighmasters (12700-12737)
Chapter 9. Special Provisions Relating to Farm Products (12925-12930)
Chapter 13. Automatic Checkout Systems (13300-13357)
Chapter 14. Fuels and Lubricants (13400-13630) REVISED 2022
Chapter 14.5. Service Stations (13650-13660)
Chapter 15. Automotive Products (13700-13741)
Chapter 16. Rental Vehicles (13800)

Title 4. Business Regulations
Division 9. Division of Measurement Standards, Department of Food and Agriculture (§§ 4000 - 4900 and Appendix A)

Revision Index for the 2021 CCR (Extract) [PDF]
NIST Publications - Handbooks 44, 130, 133

Chapter 1: Tolerances and Specifications for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices Expand this section (§§ 4000 - 4029.6)
REVISED 2022

Article 1. National Uniformity, Exceptions and Additions (§§ 4000 - 4009.6)
Article 2. Specification and Tolerances and Other Technical Requirements for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices (§§ 4010 - 4011.5)
Article 2.1 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Tanks when Mounted on Highway Vehicles and Used as Measures (§§ 4012 - 4026.6)
Article 2.2 Electric Watthour Meters (§§ 4027- 4028.6)
Article 2.3 Carbon Dioxide Liquide-Measuring Devices (§§ 4029 - 4029.6)

Article 1. Compressed Gas Cylinders (§§ 4050 - 4053)
Article 2. Procedures for Type Approval Certification Evaluation and Field Compliance Testing of Vapor Recovery Systems (§§ 4054 - 4055)

Chapter 4. Registration of Service Agencies for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices (§§ 4080 - 4088)

Chapter 5. Billing for Utility Services (§ 4090)

Chapter 6. Automotive Products Specifications Expand this section (§§ 4100 - 4191)

Article 1. Brake Fluid Standards (§ 4100)
Article 2. Brake Fluid Labeling (§§ 4110 - 4112)
Article 3. Automatic Transmission Fluid Standards [Repealed]
Article 4. Automatic Transmission Fluid Registration [Repealed]
Article 5. Engine Fuel Standards (§§; 4140 - 4149)
Article 6. Engine Oil Labeling and Exemptions (§§ 4150 - 4152)
Article 7. Labeling and Specifications of Engine Coolants (§§ 4160 - 4175)
Article 8. Specifications for Hydrogen Gas Used in Internal Combustion Engines and Fuel Cells ( §§ 4180 - 4181)
Article 9. Specifications for Dimethyl Ether Used as a Motor Vehicle Fuel (§§ 4190 - 4191)

Chapter 7. Advertising and Labeling of Gasoline and Other Motor Vehicle Fuels (§§ 4200 - 4207)

Chapter 8. Motor Oil Fee (§§ 4300 - 4309)

Chapter 9. Weighmaster Enforcement Expand this section (§§ 4400 - 4496.6)

Article 1. General Provisions (§§ 4400 - 4403)
Article 2. Weighmaster Certificates (§§ 4410 - 4415)
Article 3. Predetermined Individual Tare Weights (§§ 4420 - 4423)
Article 4. Seasonal Tare Weights (§§ 4430 - 4433)
Article 5. Common Tare Weights (§§ 4440 - 4446)
Article 6. Limits of Permissible Error (§ 4450)
Article 7. Average Tare Weights (§§ 4460 - 4461)
Article 8. Volumetric Conversion to Weight of Squid (§§ 4470 - 4472)
Article 9. Director's Approval of Inspection of Weighmaster Records )§§ 4480 - 4486)
Article 10. Timber Tare Weights (§§ 4490 - 4493)
Article 11. Multiple Draft Weighing Operations (§§ 4495 - 4495.6)
Article 12. Unattended Weighing Systems (§§ 4496 - 4496.6)

Chapter 10. Quantity Control Expand this section (§§ 4500 – 4536.2) REVISED 2022

Chapter 11. Sampling and Testing Procedures for Determining the Net Contents of Packaged Commodities Expand this section (§§ 4600 – 4657)

Article 1. Definitions (§§ 4600 - 4626)
Article 2. Sampling and Testing Procedures for Determining the Net Contents of Packaged Commodities (§§ 4650 - 4657)